Tag Archives: Don Bacon

GOP Rep: Johnson May Be Ousted Over Ukraine Aid

NBC News reports: Rep. Don Bacon on Sunday warned that “it’s possible” that Speaker Mike Johnson could face a vote to oust him if he moves to pass Ukraine aid in the House. “I’m not going to deny it,” Bacon, R-Neb., said when asked by moderator Kristen Welker on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether it’s possible Johnson could lose …

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GOP Rep’s Wife Slept With Loaded Gun After Threats

The Hill reports: Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Thursday his wife slept with a loaded gun after receiving more threatening phone calls from voters who were angry that he voted against Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) Speakership bid. “She had terrible phone calls,” Bacon told reporters. “I didn’t sleep well last night. I called her, and I go, ‘How you doing?’ …

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GOP Rep’s Wife Gets Threatening Texts About Jordan

Mediaite reports: The wife of Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) reportedly received anonymous text messages and emails warning her husband to back Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) House speakership campaign ahead of Tuesday’s vote. “Why is your husband causing chaos by not supporting Jim Jordan? I thought he was a team player,” read one text, to which Bacon’s wife responded, “Who is …

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GOP Rep: Chinese Spies Hacked My Campaign Email

The Hill reports: Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Tuesday that he was the victim of a hacking attack by Chinese spies after hackers reportedly also managed to read emails belonging to State Department employees. “I thank the FBI for notifying me that the CCP hacked into my personal and campaign emails from May 15th to June 16th of this year,” …

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GOP Rep: Trump Committed Crimes By Keeping Docs

“We don’t have a right to take top-secret information to our home. I’ve dealt with top secrets since I was 22 years old, in the military for 30 years now, and now in Congress. You don’t show our attack plans on Iran to people who are not cleared, or pick documents that talk about our nuclear technology or where our …

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GOP Rep Warns: I’ll Work With Dems To Select Speaker

GOP Rep. Don Bacon writes for the Daily Caller: Much has been made of me saying I would work with moderate Democrats to elect a more moderate speaker. But my actual words were that if the five refused to coalesce around what the vast majority of the conference wants, I’m willing to work across the aisle to find an agreeable …

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GOP Rep Defends Walker: “We All Make Mistakes”

“Herschel needs to come clean and just be honest. We also know that we all make mistakes and it’s just better — if this actually did happen — say ‘I’m sorry’ and ask for forgiveness. “You want to walk the talk and talk the walk. You want to have cohesion with your message. But people also make mistakes. I’m surely …

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GOP Rep Claims He Won’t Support Trump In 2024

Axios reports: Former President Donald Trump wouldn’t get Rep. Don Bacon’s (R-Neb.) vote in the 2024 primary election if the former president chose to run again, Bacon told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Speaking of the 2020 election, Bacon said voters were “tired of the name calling, the Twitter. But they, by and large, liked the policies,” citing Republicans …

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